Also, how would you measure a drug’s impact on “feeling your best”? It seems to me that even in the largest clinical trial, you’re unlikely to get statistically significant data on that… that is, unless you have a drug that is truly an upper or a downer, in which case it’ll come out in the trial (and therefore in the drug insert — or the lack of approval by the FDA) anyway.

Great article and video, thanks! I’m happy that you are joining the medical profession. I hope you’ll also (if you haven’t already) take a good look at homeopathic remedies as alternatives to drugs. In some cases, they are a superb alternative to drugs — and they work by prompting your own system to bring your physical, emotional and spiritual sides back into the right balance for you. Nice fit with positive psychology’s approaches.
Christine